What did you seriously hate as a child?
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Dentists. As a kid, mine was a former rugby player who seemed to enjoy inflicting pain. Biggest relief was having general anaesthetic when a tooth needed extracting.
My current dentist is female, and with Radio 2 quietly on in the background, any work is virtually painless and almost as relaxing as having a haircut. A root canal in recent years was far less traumatic than a minor filling would have been in the old days. I think newer techniques and equipment partly help - even the painkilling jab has a numbing pad placed against the gum injection site beforehand, a painkiller for the painkiller.
My current dentist is female, and with Radio 2 quietly on in the background, any work is virtually painless and almost as relaxing as having a haircut. A root canal in recent years was far less traumatic than a minor filling would have been in the old days. I think newer techniques and equipment partly help - even the painkilling jab has a numbing pad placed against the gum injection site beforehand, a painkiller for the painkiller.
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Marks and Spencer - every Saturday - shopping in Marks and Spencer.
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Yes, deffo dentist. Mine was stuck in the 50s (first visit in the 70s).
He never offered pain relief for fillings. I think he believed if the kids knew they were not going to have pain relief, it would keep them away from "the evil sweets".
I can still remember the horrendous pain and the noise of the string-driven drill slowing down as he pushed down harder.
He never offered pain relief for fillings. I think he believed if the kids knew they were not going to have pain relief, it would keep them away from "the evil sweets".
I can still remember the horrendous pain and the noise of the string-driven drill slowing down as he pushed down harder.
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The other thing that scarred me for life was tinned pineapple.
I was given some for pud at primary school. I tried it and it was tasteless and woody. Foul.
Refused to eat any more so the dinner lady stood over me and would not let me go until it was gone.
Still can't bring myself to eat pineapple.
She got into massive trouble later on when she forced someone to eat something they insisted they were allergic to.
I know these incidents were at the lower end of the scale, but what was it about adults in those times being sadistic to kids?
I was given some for pud at primary school. I tried it and it was tasteless and woody. Foul.
Refused to eat any more so the dinner lady stood over me and would not let me go until it was gone.
Still can't bring myself to eat pineapple.
She got into massive trouble later on when she forced someone to eat something they insisted they were allergic to.
I know these incidents were at the lower end of the scale, but what was it about adults in those times being sadistic to kids?
Jeez! When you say '50s do you mean the 1850s?
A string-driven drill ffs!!
I hated the smell of a dentists - still do...and the fact it costs an arm n' a leg for treatment.
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Dentists didn't fill me with any dread, it was the barber with me. Hated it. Hated it so much that my hair was halfway down my back as a teenager.
It is the opposite today though.
It is the opposite today though.
I've always been ok with the dentists which I'm pleased about cause some folk have a terrible time. I used to work with a girl that had panic attacks when going for a check up!
My sister reckons when we were younger our dentist maybe filled the odd tooth that didn't need filled to make a bit extra £££ off the NHS. I do vaguely remember the dentist showing me an x-ray once and saying 'you see that small dot, that's decay. I need to remove it to stop it in its tracks, which will then mean a filling is required.' I couldn't see any dot!
He could have been telling the truth and I like to think he was, however we often never really know.
My sister reckons when we were younger our dentist maybe filled the odd tooth that didn't need filled to make a bit extra £££ off the NHS. I do vaguely remember the dentist showing me an x-ray once and saying 'you see that small dot, that's decay. I need to remove it to stop it in its tracks, which will then mean a filling is required.' I couldn't see any dot!
He could have been telling the truth and I like to think he was, however we often never really know.
Yep, I remember them as a child. Orrible looking thing. Then one day the dentist introduced me to a new type of drill. Billy Buzz he called it! He started by writing my name on my fingernail with it. I think he was more impressed with it than I was! The old one was something like this:
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Shudder......
That would've made a good quiz question.
- i'd have guessed it was used to make Harry Palmer talk about a Billion Dollar Brain.
